Watching ABQ move from 1950 to the 21st Century, one bike lane at a time

Month: May 2011

It was bumpy and unsettling, but it’s over. The school year, including a last day that must surely have enriched students throughout Albuquerque, has awkwardly ended like a bad Tupperware party. We burp on. And, as has been true the past two summers, Burque Babble is moving URL digs. Those wishing to keep up with… Read More Finally…Moving to the Summer Vacation Web Condo

It’s been almost two weeks, and you’re probably beside yourself with envy and curiosity: What has occurred in the exciting life of a middle school teacher while I (rabid Burque Babble reader) have been constantly refreshing this website desperate to read any possible scrap of electrons I can (RBBR) about the wild life of this… Read More What You’ve Missed in the Exciting Life of a Middle School Teacher

We hate to be trite, especially those of us deluded into thinking we have something original to say. But things are just too crazy at Burque Babble these days. We’re gonna wallow in our “comfort zone” today, and slip back in time to 1977. We’re sixteen years old. Our intensive intellectual work consists of map… Read More Friday Distraction 5.13.11: Frank Zappa and “A Simpler Time”

Dear People of Earth: Every school year, my institution of middle school learning wraps things up by taking students to “Uncle Cliff’s” amusement park (the 6th Graders go to Hinkle “Fun” Center). This outing is tied to a “student contract”, which specifies that students who are not good girls and boys cannot take part in… Read More An Open Letter From Party Pooper Teacher Dude

*This post ought to pump up the ‘ol Burque Babble page views… As regular readers know, my classroom explores the world of “mock trial” quite a bit. Every May we head over to the UNM School o’ Law and conduct some “trials” involving very well-dressed, highly nervous 7th and 8th graders. It’s kind of a… Read More Friday Distraction 5.6.11: Marisa Tomei on Automotive Care

To be or not to be on the Jefferson MS Principal Hiring Committee: That is the question. Whether tis nobler for the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of inane questions asked by co-committee members Or to fly far, far away from that sea of stupid; And by avoiding the whole process remain relatively… Read More Hamlet Considers A Principal Hiring Committee

It’s been a real Old Testament, “Eye for an Eye”, last 36 hours or so ’round these parts. Those with a more New Testament way of looking at things have had to keep a low profile while the testosterone runs free and easy. Yesterday’s bike commute featured a guyat the corner of Las Lomas and… Read More A Biblical Day in ABQ: 5.2.11